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Glossary of Terms
The following terms are used throughout this guide.
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10/100 | Both 10 and 100Mbps on the same port. |
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100BaseT | Physical layer spec. for 100Mbps Ethernet |
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10BaseT | IEEE 802.3 physical layer spec. for 10Mbps |
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| Ethernet over 2 pairs of UTP wire |
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BIOS | Basic Input/Output System |
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CSMA/CD | Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision |
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| Detect. Protocol for carrier transmission |
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EISA | Extended ISA | Performance |
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Fast | 100Mbps technology based on the 10BaseT |
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Ethernet | Ethernet CSMA/CD network access method. |
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FAST | SCSI clocked at 10 MHz | 10 Mbytes/sec |
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Hub | Connects 2 or more devices together in |
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HVD | High Voltage Differential | Ultra SCSI |
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| Differential |
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